CVE-2016-2830

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 16
Modified
Published: 05 Aug 2016, 01:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
17/100
CVSS Score
4.3 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.56% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 Aug 2016, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 preserve the network connection used for favicon resource retrieval after the associated browser window is closed, which makes it easier for remote web servers to track users by observing network traffic from multiple IP addresses.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.56%• Percentile: 68%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • mozilla•firefox

    ≤ 47.0.1 | 45.1.0 | 45.1.1 | 45.2.0 | 45.3.0

References (11)